User:E Jenny Jackson

Elaine Jennifer Jackson is a British writer and producer. Jackson was born Elaine Jennifer Thomson in the Hampshire town of Aldershot[|Aldershot] in October, 1958, to parents John and Doris Thomson. She has one sister, Jean.

In 1980, after writing to and receiving permission from the late Douglas Adams [|Douglas Adam]s, Jackson (then Thomson) founded the only official appreciation society for 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' ZZ9. Jackson ran the society for two years, editing, writing and producing eight quarterly newsletters during that time, and taking the membership to upwards of five hundred.

In 1993, Jackson married Graham Kenneth Jackson. The couple have one son, Samuel.

In 2007, whilst still working as an Accounts Clerk for a local retailer, Jackson began writing again, and after studying creative writing with [|Faber Academy] and The Writer's Workshop, set up Neon Sky Books, an independent publishing company. 'The Journey & Other Short Stories' was published in August 2014, followed by 'The Methuselah Paradox' in August 2016. Both books are science-fiction. In June 2017, a romantic novella, 'New Leaf' was released in e-book format only.

In September 2016, Jackson hired artists Amanda Fullwood and Dan Schaefer to work on 'Minding Mama', a story set on a future Earth where decades of intense solar flare activity have sent humanity underground. Initially envisaged as a short animated feature, 'Minding Mama' evolved into a comic book series, to be released in late 2018/early 2019. Kate Davies-Speak portrayed Mama in the live-action trailer, and [|David Learner] provided the voice of Cyril, the Farmbot.